A conversation with the patriarch of Mormon historians, 94-year-old Richard Bushman, who discusses how the LDS Church has ...

OGDEN — The Mormon History Association is bringing its annual conference back to Ogden for the first time in more than two decades. Last week, the Mormon History Association announced that its 60th ...

It’s the phrase on the tip of the tongues of the organizers of this year’s Mormon History Association conference. The June 13-16 event, which will feature many of the biggest names in the world of ...

The slaying in Mexico of nine people who belonged to a Mormon offshoot community where some people practice polygamy spotlights the mainstream church's struggle to distance itself from plural marriage ...

D. Michael Quinn had an obsessive drive to reveal the secrets of Mormonism’s past, believing that truth-telling would not harm — and indeed ultimately help — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...

(RNS) — Debates over gender, race and sexuality have been part of Mormonism since Kirtland, says historian Benjamin Park. So yes, contemporary Mormonism has been deeply shaped by the culture wars, ...

The Museum of Mormon Mexican History was started by Fernando and Enriqueta Gomez. Though he attended church in Mexico as a young boy, Fernando still learned about the pioneers in the United States.

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SALT LAKE CITY – The Mormon church made history and injected a bit of diversity into a previously all-white top leadership panel on Saturday by selecting the first-ever Latin-American apostle and the ...

2,500 Mormons created a settlement called “Cutler’s Park” in August 1846 in what is now Omaha. The settlement is considered Nebraska’s first town. The settlers got permission from a U.S. Indian Agent ...